Higher Classification: > Kingdom Animalia > Subkingdom Eumetazoa > Phylum Arthropoda > Subphylum Crustacea > Superclass Oligostraca > Class Ostracoda > Subclass Myodocopa > Order Myodocopida > Suborder Myodocopina > Superfamily Cypridinoidea

Cypridinidae Baird, 1850

Rank: Family
Taxon Status: accepted

Children

Azygocypridininae Kornicker, 1970
Cypridininae Baird, 1850

Vernaculars (+) (-)

Japanese: ウミホタル科

Literature

basis of record	Horne, D.J.; Bruce, A.; Whittaker, J.E. (2001). Ostracoda, in: Costello, M.J. et al. (Ed.) (2001). European register of marine species: a check-list of the marine species in Europe and a bibliography of guides to their identification. Collection Patrimoines Naturels, 50: pp. 244-251
additional source	Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS).
additional source	Martin, J.W., & Davis, G.E. (2001). An updated classification of the recent Crustacea. Science Series, 39. Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County. Los Angeles, CA (USA). 124 pp.
additional source	Blachowiak-Samolyk, K. & M. Angel. An atlas of Southern Ocean planctonic ostracods. http://ocean.iopan.gda.pl/ostracoda/index.php.

Genbank

Citation

Brandão, S.N.; Antonietto, L.S; Nery, D.G.; Pereira, J.S.; Praxedes, R.A.; Santos, S.G.; Karanovic, I. (2025). World Ostracoda Database. Cypridinidae Baird, 1850. Via: Costello, M.J.; Bouchet, P.; Boxshall, G.; Arvantidis, C.; Appeltans, W. (2011) European Register of Marine Species, Accessed through PESI at http://www.eu-nomen.eu/portal/taxon.php?GUID=urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:127481